A Kids Day Tour To Gathoni Sensory Garden
This article explores a Kids’ Day Tour to Gathoni Sensory Garden and Tea Farm. Gathoni Tea Farm is located along Limuru Road, less than 1 km from St. Paul’s University’s main gate. Gathoni Tea Farm is a world of tranquillity, aroma, and flavour. Gathoni Farm is popularly known for hosting both Naishola and Naiposha Gardens.
Naishola Garden contains an English-style colonial house and a well-maintained, large garden area, whereas Naiposha Garden has neatly lawned gardens with a lakeside view.
Gathoni Sensory Garden has launched new children’s tours around the farm. Kids can spend as much time as they want in this place. If your kids love nature, then they will love this place. Kids will spend hours bird-watching and relaxing by the lake. They will see birds going in for fish over Lake Tigoni and the place is full of lovely flowers. So, kids who enjoy flowers will adore this place.
When your kids visit Gathoni Tea Farm, they will participate in the following activities:
- Donkey Car Ride
- Animal Care: Lambs, Rabbits, Geese, and Chickens
- Composition
- Potting
- Fishing
- Sensory Garden Tour
- Tea Farm Tour
Gathoni Sensory Garden Kids Tour
1. Tea Farm Tour
First, the kids are taken to tea farming, where they get to pick some leaves and are shown exactly which tea leaves they need to pick.
2. Composition and Potting
The kids will then proceed to the composting and potting area. This is where the kids learn how to mix different soil types, compost and plant different herbs or flowers. Then they will enjoy planting their plants and taking them home with them. Then they are taught how to care for the plants. This is a lot of fun for the kids.
3. Animal Care
The children will then move on to the animals, where they take care of lambs, rabbits, geese, and chickens. Gathoni Tea Farm has numerous cute sheep that are very friendly.
4. Donkey Car Ride
The kids will then go for a donkey ride. They will love being pulled on a cart by two donkeys. This takes you back to a time when this was a mode of transportation.
5. Sensory Garden Tour
After that, the kids will visit the Gathoni Sensory Garden. This is a place where they can smell, taste, and touch various types of herbs, flowers, and plants, awakening all five senses. It is a delightful experience for them.
The children are given scented bags and instructed to gather various types of herbs. They will have the opportunity to taste lavender, rosemary, lemon verbena, lemongrass, orange mint, common thyme, lemon thyme, and pineapple sage. There are so many different scents and flavours. You will be pleasantly surprised by how much the kids will enjoy this activity.
6. Herbal Tea Tasting
Kids are then treated to an expansive tea tasting of all the delicious herbal variants made at Gathoni Tea Farm Kitchen, including their luxurious tea line. The tea is all freshly made and prepared, farm-to-table style. The tea is served with homemade biscuits. The kids also get to take some home as well.
7. Fishing
The kids are going to try their luck at fishing in Lake Tigoni.
Gathoni Sensory Garden Kids Tour Time
Kids tours are done on;
- Monday-Friday: 10 am -12 pm
- Saturday: 9 am- 11 am
Gathoni Sensory Garden Kids Tour Charges
The cost of the Gathoni Sensory and Tea Farm tour is Ksh 600 per child.
NOTE: Adult tours are also available but at Ksh 1,800 per adult.
Gathoni Tea Farm Contact
To reserve your spot at Gathoni Tea Farm, please call them at 0715 299 525.
Booking early is recommended to secure your spot, as tours often fill up quickly.
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